Attempting Quote by William Cobbett

It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.

— William Cobbett

It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world

— William Cobbett

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. It is by…

— William Cobbett

“...And that's the crucial element of life experience that so many of us avoid, you know. Trying something new, taking that single leap of…

— Elizabeth George

The danger to which the success of revolutions is most exposed, is that of attempting them before the principles on which they proceed, and…

— Thomas Paine

I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and…

— Robert Southey

To approach a city, or even a city neighborhood, as if it were a larger architectural problem, capable of being given order by converting…

— Jane Jacobs

I swear you’re a woman. (Devyn) I would respond to that, but I don’t want to distract you while you’re attempting to drive and…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I'm a dreamer and continue to dream of what can and will be, "Expecting great things from God, Attempting great things for God

— William Carey

Daphne," he said with controlled gentleness, "what is wrong?" She sat down opposite him and placed a hand on his cheek. "I'm so insensitive,"…

— Julia Quinn

Ewan McGregor stars as Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, again doing a fine Alec Guinness impersonation but otherwise seeming lost and alone in the galaxy as…

— Stephanie Zacharek

To attempt to be religious without practicing a specific religion is as possible as attempting to speak without a specific language.

— George Santayana

Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of…

— Ayn Rand

In terms of style, too, I think I've been working with a somewhat limited -- although intentionally limited -- set of tools. So I'm…

— Kelly Link

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

— Plato